Chapter 131 The Fool's Bride for Good Luck 6
Having said that, they actually intended to force their way in.
Zhao Tongguang raised his hand to block, but his arm was as firm as an iron clamp and could not be moved. Shen Gaoyang sneered, "Your uncle only took you in as a servant in the mansion because he pitied you. Now you're working like a slave for an outsider? Get out of the way!"
The excuse of coming to retrieve the horsewhip was just something I made up on the spot, but now I absolutely had to get it.
The two were locked in a stalemate when the door opened from the inside.
A sweet, cloying fragrance wafted towards him. This time, Zhao Tongguang didn't need to close his eyes and take a deep breath to smell it; he could smell it clearly.
Shen Gaoyang turned his head, sniffed, then sniffed again, and when he looked up, he was taken aback. "Young manager?"
I only heard that Lu Chuan married a man to bring him good luck, but who knew that he was actually the manager of a small restaurant!
What an idiot! He actually managed to marry a goddess!
Shen Gaoyang ground his teeth.
Xie Rong also saw him, and his already displeased expression instantly darkened.
As the largest supplier of medicinal materials to major hospitals in Lizhou, the Shen family is considered a prominent family in Lizhou.
As a result, every time he and that group of military academy students went to the small restaurant arm in arm, they would try to pay on credit. Only after Xie Rong thwarted their plans and slapped them would they grin and pull out their money to pay the bill.
Xie Rong hated these guys to death!
What a small world! We've run into each other again.
"You want a riding whip?" Xie Rong stared at him coldly, his hand gripping the riding whip tightly.
Shen Gaoyang loved seeing his cold, aloof demeanor; it just felt incredibly satisfying. He deliberately leaned closer, raising his eyebrows, and said, "Yeah, is the little shopkeeper going to slap me again?"
This time, it wasn't the young shopkeeper's delicate white hand that slapped his face, but a horsewhip.
A bloody gash ran across his face.
"Alright, you've had your fun with the whip, are you satisfied now?" Xie Rong straightened her mink shawl, her eyes still brimming with languid lust, exuding a feminine aura of being satisfied by a man.
Even the one who fed him was a fool!
Shen Gaoyang glared fiercely at the idiot, then turned and stormed off in a huff.
Halfway there, he realized he had forgotten to lead the horse, so he turned back and left with the reins.
Xie Rong glanced at Butler Zhao and said, "Well done. A good dog is one that can guard the door."
Zhao Tongguang lowered his eyelids, remained silent, stepped into the house, and continued to accompany the young mistress to check the accounts.
...
Lu was living a fairly comfortable life at the Lu residence.
Every Saturday, Xie Rong would return to the small restaurant. Later, he went back more often, and his sisters-in-law in the Lu residence figured out his schedule. As soon as he left, their long-suppressed feelings would inevitably start to stir again.
That evening, Xie Rong was having dinner with her family when a servant from the Lu residence rushed in with a worried expression, "Young Madam, something terrible has happened! The young master has accidentally fallen into the pond!"
When Xie Rong rushed back to the courtyard where he and Lu Chuan had just gotten married, Lu Chuan had already developed a high fever and was unconscious, which was very dangerous.
He stopped by the bedside and looked down at the patiently.
If Lu Chuan were to die like this, although he would become a widow and be the subject of gossip, wouldn't all of the Lu family's assets be his?
The maid had already gone to fetch a doctor, and the other maids in the house were busy as bees. Xie Rong reached out and placed her hand on the man's burning neck.
It's better to die by his hand than to be pushed into the pond and drowned by others.
Just as he tightened his grip, the man on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and met his gaze.
Those dark eyes were as cold and sharp as knives. When Xie Rong squinted to look at them, the fool had already spoken in a muffled voice: "Wife, I'm hot."
"Who told you to go play by the pond to watch the fish?" Xie Rong released his neck and touched his face. "Didn't I tell you to behave when I'm not around?"
“My cousin said his wife loves to eat fish,” Lu Chuan said. “If I catch fish for her, she’ll be happy and play games with me.”
Xie Rong gave a soft snort, having already made up his mind.
The foreign doctor rushed over with his medical kit, picked up a thin glass tube, shook it, and stuffed it into Lu Chuan's mouth.
Xie Rong sat on the sofa and thought for a moment.
No, we can't let Lu Chuan die.
Now that Lu Chuan is dead, all the uncles and aunts in the Lu family will probably want a piece of the pie.
We need to think of a way to first separate the family property, and then become a widow who guards her husband's assets.
Xie Rong watched as the foreign doctor took out several bottles of medicine, connected by tubes, with the needles at the other end inserted into the veins on the back of Lu Chuan's hand, and found it somewhat novel.
But the thought that it belonged to foreigners made him coldly look away.
Fortunately, this fool was only mentally challenged, but physically strong. His fever subsided the next day, and he was full of energy again, pestering him to play games.
Xie Rong played the game with the idiot for a month and got completely bored.
In his eyes, a fool cannot be considered a normal man at all.
He needs a healthy man to alleviate his loneliness.
However, before he could even pass the time, another huge incident occurred at the Lu residence.
Old Master Lu died in battle.
No one expected that this invincible and highly decorated general would one day die in the crossfire of a foreign sneak attack.
[Protagonist's Pain Level +60]
The pain level, which had remained unchanged for a month, suddenly increased dramatically.
The pain level didn't even increase because of him.
The system simply explains: 【The world setting is unique.】
Three days later, Old Master Lu's body was transported back, accompanied by his former subordinates.
Xie Rong had only worn his wedding clothes for a month before he was dressed in mourning clothes again.
The crying inside the Lu residence never stopped.
At night, Xie Rong sat in the mourning hall eating oranges, watching the simpleton kneel in front of the memorial tablet and silently burn paper money.
Do fools experience pain?
He kicked the idiot's leg.
The fool turned to look at him, "Wife, I don't have a father anymore."
Xie Rong beckoned, "Come here."
The fool came over, lowered her head, and snuggled into his arms.
"I've never had a father since I was born," Xie Rong said calmly, "but I'm still alive and well now, aren't I? You have a father, and your father died on the battlefield, so everyone will remember him for you."
Xie Rong's words were feigned, but the fool clearly found them very pleasing.
After keeping vigil for half the night, Xie Rong felt sleepy and went back to the courtyard to rest for a while.
Unexpectedly, a hand emerged from the darkness, grabbed his waist, and dragged him into a corner of the corridor.
The scene was dim, and Xie Rong could only make out the outline of the tall, imposing man.
"Young shopkeeper, that whip you gave me a month of suffering," the man said through gritted teeth.
Xie Rong said, "You want to try another whipping?"
"With Old Master Lu dead, all the uncles and aunts in the mansion will probably be clamoring for a share of the inheritance. What are you going to do with a good-for-nothing idiot like you? Rely on Zhao Tongguang, this useless butler?" The man's hot breath brushed against his neck.
Xie Rong raised an eyebrow, "You have a way?"
“The Shen family doesn’t lack the Lu family’s wealth. Of course, only I can help you in this Lu mansion,” the man raised his hand, his rough fingertips, calloused from the gun, gently stroking Xie Rong’s chin. “If you follow me, you will still be the young mistress of the Lu family, and I guarantee that no one else can take away the Lu family’s wealth.”
Xie Rong's gaze grew cold, tinged with resentment.
A despicable man who always tries to run up his bill at restaurants dares to threaten him in front of him!
But he didn't show it on his face. Just as he was about to speak, a commotion suddenly came from behind the artificial hill in the distance.
"Who?!" the man shouted sternly, striding behind the artificial hill, only to find a hungry stray dog that had accidentally wandered into the Lu residence.
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